Type-writing machine.



P. G. ROBERTS.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10,1911.

1,066,053. Patented July 1, 1913.

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TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK C. Rosnn'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing -in This invention relates totabulatingmech- 'anism for typewriting' machines, and its obmeans for setting the column stops into opcrative positions, and to restoresaid stops to inoperative positions.

A column stop is provided to correspond The column stop is asuitahly formed plate, normally held out of operative position by a spring, and is actuated by a dog which releases it from said spring and turns it into "operative position; said-dg being in turn actuated by a key at the keyboard .01 the machine. A key is providedon a rotatable ban-to bear against a keyway provided on each column stop, and thereby turns all of said stops to inoperative positions.

Other features and advantages will here-j inafter appear.-.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing" the "stop arrangement. Fig. 2 is a side vlewof the stop arrangement. Fig. 3 is a side View of a part of the machine.

Finais a view of the stop arrangement, partially broken '6 showse detail of a stop-actuatinglever in perspective.-

away, as seen from the rear of the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail of the column stop. Fig.

Beferring to Fig.3, a platen 1 is mounted on a carriage 2, which travels on guide bars ennui, attached to the machine frame 5.

-' Decimal stop rods 6, disposed at the rear of the machine,'sre operated by pressing keys 7- mounted on levers 8, at the keyboard.

An index?v is attached to the carriage 2 to cooperate with a carriage scale 10. These parts are all common in the Underwood typewriting machine illustrated. Column stops 1 1 are carried on a bar 12 parallel to the ans of platen l and adjacent to the upper or stop portions 13 of the tabulating stop rods 6. Said barl2 is pivotally mounted in hearings it formed on end brackets 16 extending from the carriage 2. The rim 11 are mounted 0:: bar 12 to Specification of Letters Iatent.

Application filed May 10, 1911. I Serial No. 628,207.

brackets 15. On the edge of the carriage 2' is formed a projection 20, adjacent tobar 12 and extending throughoutits length, to which are fastened detent springs 21, which I normally engage the ends 220i projections 23 formed on the column stops 11. -Said ends 22 are yieldingly detained in the dented parts 24-01 said springs, and thus the stops 11 are maintained out of operative position, F ig. 2. l

To set any column stop 11 to operative position, a dog 25 is moved down againsta cam edge or surface 26 formed on stop 11, and thereby swings it about the bar 12,. as shown in Fi 1, to the operative position at Fig. 3. T e dog 25 is formed on the, end oflcver 27, which is conveniently shaped as shown in the perspective Fig. fi st) to be mounted pivotally, by meansflof'screws 28, on the frame 29 which usually .incloses the tabulating levers 6, and is fixed to the machine frame 5. To the lever'27 is pivoted a link '30, which in turn connects, p votally with a lever 31, and the latter leads to the keyboard in front of the machine, as shown in F ig. 3, where it is provided with a key 32. A spring 33 normally holds this lever, as well as. parts 30 and 31, in the position shown in Fig. 3, and thereby maintains the dog 25 in the raised position. When the key 32 is pressed down the dog 25 comes down and turnsihe column stop to the o erative position. The dog 25 is oppos e the index 9 ofthe machine, or directly abov the decimal point stop rod 6, so that by moving the carriage, each column .stop 11 corresponding to any division of the can riage scale 10 can he placed directly under said dog 25 and set thereby. In order therefore to set up a desired arrangement of stops, it is merely required to move the carriage to any position on the carriage scale at which a stop is desired, and press the ke 32, which willhring the corresponding col umn' stop 11 into operative position. An arm is formed on said stop 11, which abuts against the guide bar 19 when the stop Patent-ed July 1, 1913.

is in operative'position, to limit its movement; the spring 36 fastened on projection 20 pressing on the edge of the stop at 37 to prevent its accidental displacement from the operative position. The bottom part 38 of the stop is suitably formed so that the edge 39'thereof is horizontal, and disposed, when in operative position, to abut against the top part 13 of any stop rod (L when it is set, as showigin Fig. 3. On the bar 12 is provided a; shaft-key 40, which, when the bar is rotated on its axis, bears against the edge 41 of the notch 42 in the edge of the bore 16 of' each set stop, The key 40 thus causes any set steps 11 to swing back to normal inoperative position, where the dented end 24 of detent spring 21 rciingages the end 22 of the, stop. On the end of the bar 12 a finger lever 43 is rigidly fastened by'set screw 44 to rotate the bar 12. A spring 45, fastened to a projection 46 extending from bracket 15, holds the bar 12 and shaft key 40 in the normal positions shown in Figs. 1' and 3. Thus, when it is desired to restore the column stops 11 to inoperative positions in order to set up a different arrangement of stops, the finger lever 43 is swung toward the frontof the machine, which gives the bar 12 a fractional turn, and the shaftkey 40 actuates all the column stops that may have been set, and restores them to the inoperative position. The lever 43, when released, is returned by the spring 45 to normal posit-ion.

In tabulating work, the carriage 2 which carries the platen 1 is released by any one of the tabulating keys 7, at the keyboard, which are mounted on the levers 8. The tabulating key lifts the stop rod 6, which actuates lever 47, pivoted at 48 by means of the projection 49 pressing the end 50 upward. Said lever 4-7 pulls the link 51 downward to depress the end 52 of lever 53 pivoted on bar 54. This forces its opposite end 55 to lift the rack bar 56, attached to the carriage 2, from the pinion 57, which is rotated by the escapement 58, and thereby releases the carriage 2. The carriage, being released, moves freely until the set column stop 11 abuts against the raised stop 3 of rod 6. The tabulating key then being released, the rack bar 56 again engages with the pinion 57, and the stop rod 6 drops to normal position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a typewriting and tabulating machine, the combination with a carriage, of a rotatable stop-returning bar, a rack bar adjacent said rotatable bar, a series of stops mounted to turn about the axis of said rotatable bar but held against sliding by said rack bar, and a member mounted on the machine frame to set said stops.

2. In a typewriting and tabulating machine, the combination with a carriage, of a rotatable stopreturning bar mounted on the carriage a rack bar adjacent said rotatable bar, a. series of stops mounted to turn about said rotatable bar but held against sliding by said rack bar, and a member mounted on the machine frame. to engage with any one of said stops to turn it to 0p erative position; said bar being rotatable to engage all of the set stops to restore them to inoperative posit-ions.

In a typewriting and tabulating machine, the combination with a carriage, of a rotatable bar mounted on the carriage, a series otstops mounted to turn about said bar, a spring for each stop to maintain it in inoperative position, a member mounted on the machine frame to set any stop, said bar having a projection, and a notch being formed on each of said 'stops to be engaged by said proj tion to restore said stops.

4. In a t3, :writing and tabulating machine, the combination with a carriage, of a rotatable bar mounted on the carriage, a series of stops mounted to turn about said bar, a spring for each stop to maintain it in inoperative position, a member mounted on the machine frame to set any stop, a spring for each stop member pressing against it to maintain it in the set position, said bar having a projection, and a notch being formed on each of said stops to be engaged by said projection to restore said stops;

5. In a ty imwriting and tabulating ma chine, the combination with a carriage, of a series of stops mounted to swing rotatably on the carriage, yielding means to hold them in normal positions, a member mounted on the machine frame-to set said stops, a rack bar arranged to hold said stops against sliding, an extension on each stop to engage said rack bar to arrest the stop in its set position, a spring for each stop to hold its extension against the'raek bar, and means engaging said stops to restore them.

6. In a typewriting and tabulating machine, the combination with a carriage, of a series of stops mounted to rotate, a rotatable bar on which they are mounted, a rack bar adjacent said rotatable bar holding them against sliding, and a member mounted on the machine frame to set said stops comprising a lever operated from the keyboard.

7. In a typewriting and tabulating machine, the combination with a carriage, of a series of stops mounted rotatably on the carriage, a rack bar which they engage, an extension on each stop arranged to strike said rack bar and arrest the stop in its set position, a spring to hold each extension against the rack bar, and a member mounted on the machine frame being actuated by key-operated levers to engage any one of said stops to set it.

8. In a typewriting machine, tne combination with a traveling carriage, of a rack bar on said carriage, a rotatable bar adjacentsaid rack bar, a sto mounted to rotate independentl on sai rotatable bar and held against sli ing by teeth in said rack bar, a key-operated stop on said machine, and means for rotating said rotatable stop by said rotatable bar out of position where it cooperates with said key-o erated stop.

9. In a typewriting mac line, the combination With a traveling carriage, of a rack bar on said carriage, an array of key-operated denominational stops on the machine, carriage stops positioned by said rack bar, a casing for said denominational stops, and a key-operated arm pivoted on said casing to move said carriage stops into position to cooperate with said denominational. stops to arrest said carriage.

10. In a typewriting machine, a stop setting member comprislng a U-shaped body pivoted on a fixed part of said machine, an upstanding arm fast to said body arranged to engage a stop to move it, and an arm arranged to be operated by a key lever.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combi'nation with a key-operated stop, of a carriage stop comprising a circular opening, an aperture extending from said circular opening, a straight edge on one side, a curved edge concentric with said circular opening, a projection at the boundary of said curved edge, and a second projection removed from said first projection.

FRANK C. ROBERTS.

Witnesses HERBERT W. CLARK, ANDREW P. SELL, 

